Swedish researchers have discovered the obvious about the human immune system: When a person “catches” a common cold and recovers, he or she develops lasting natural immunity to coronaviruses. The common cold is a type of coronavirus, in case you were unaware. And if you have ever had a cold, especially as a child, then your immune system already knows how to fight off coronaviruses, including... 

Regarding COVID-19, Sweden ranks among the most-vaccinated nations in the world, with the vaccine uptake level among people aged 12 and over reaching 87.1 percent. The number of newborns in Stockholm has decreased sharply this year, reaching its lowest point since 2005, and similar trends are seen in the rest of the country. Only 3,858 children were born in Stockholm, Sweden’s largest city with... 

Moderna Inc is recalling 764,900 doses of its COVID-19 Spikevax vaccine after a vial, made by its contract manufacturer Rovi, was found contaminated by an unspecified foreign body. The recalled doses had been delivered to 5 European countries: Norway, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and Poland, in January, he said. “Hence, people who have received Moderna jabs or are waiting for booster jabs do not... 

Sweden, a country which never imposed significant lockdown measures, has officially declared that the COVID-19 pandemic is “over” and announced that it will be lifting all remaining restrictions. “As we know this pandemic, I would say it’s over,” Minister of Health Lena Hallengren told Dagens Nyheter. “It’s not over, but as we know it in terms of quick changes and restrictions it is.” According... 

A Swedish company has sparked debate after showcasing a microchip that can be implanted under the skin and scanned as proof of one’s Covid-19 vaccination status. The microchip technology was developed by Stockholm-based startup Epicenter. The tiny chip stores a Covid-19 vaccine passport the likes of which are increasingly being mandated across the globe. It can be read by a device using a near-field... 

Hospitals in America, Australia and Sweden are reportedly being overwhelmed with patients who are sicker than ever and the media insists that “no one knows why.” “ERs are now swamped with seriously ill patients — but many don’t even have COVID,” Michigan Radio reported last week. Inside the emergency department at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Mich., staff members are struggling to care... 

This is getting so boring at this point! Whatever happened to the Lambda and Doomsday variants? They were both supposed to be worse than Delta and cause total havoc. Ohh wait they forgot about them, now we have A.30 The A.30 variant of the coronavirus, detected in Angola and Sweden, is highly resistant to antibodies induced by the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines, a new lab study has shown. A team... 

The head of the World Health Organization warned Monday against suggestions by some to just allow COVID-19 to spread in the hope of achieving so-called herd immunity, saying this was “unethical.” “Herd immunity is achieved by protecting people from a virus, not by exposing them to it,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a virtual press briefing. He explained that “herd... 

Health authorities in Sweden have refused to follow the rest of Europe by imposing new coronavirus lockdown measures on their population, arguing that those beset by loneliness and misery of being isolated have suffered enough. Despite Sweden mirroring other countries on the continent with rising coronavirus infections, the government has held firm in refusing to lockdown its population, weighing... 

Under new guidelines drawn up to deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, illegal migrants in Sweden could be given higher prioritization for health care than the elderly from the country’s native population. The National Board of Health and Welfare has issued guidelines to medical staff which specifically state that patients should be treated on the basis of their health — and thus chances... 

The Nordic countries – some more than others – have started to put measures in place to combat coronavirus. While Sweden, Finland, and Iceland still have open borders, Denmark and Norway have closed their borders – except for the so-called ‘asylum seekers’ – despite the fact that many of them have come from coronavirus infested areas in northern Italy, Danish daily newspaper Berlingske... 

Sweden’s Public Health Authority has developed a novel way of combating the COVID-19 epidemic: by not reporting the number of cases. A representative of the Authority said that instead of reporting the number of known infections, they would identify those regions that are most badly hit by the virus, according to a report in Sweden’s Aftonbladet. “We will no longer say that we have 458 or 562... 

In a pivotal development on Tuesday evening, the Turkish parliament undertook a crucial vote to endorse Sweden’s application for NATO membership. The voting outcome, reflecting a significant majority, saw 287 votes in favor, 55 against, with the remaining members opting for abstention out of the 346 total votes cast during the parliamentary session. The decision emerged following an extensive... 

More Swedish citizens have been killed in Gaza, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says for Ekot. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received information from both local authorities and relatives about the new deaths. To protect those involved, the department has chosen not to provide more information on the matter now. However, it is emphasized that they keep in close contact with the relatives, according... 

An immigrant gang that kidnapped a 14-year-old girl, held her captive and tortured her has now been sentenced. However, one of the men – a 26-year-old African – is acquitted of aggravated rape of the girl. The girl was kidnapped on February 15 from the commuter train station in Vega in Haninge municipality. She was rescued on February 17, when the police raided an address in Skogås, south of...